Classroom News

On Tuesday four boys were named 'Player of the Day' for their respective Touch Rugby teams.
Ka pai to Harry, George, Lachlan and Jonathan.

Elspeth was presented with a certificate of Excellence for her dance performance. Ka pai, Elspeth.








This afternoon Makahni, Chris, Lachlan and Harriet presented their play 'Maui and The Sun'. They put on a superb performance.

Asher sharing his story with Poppy

Term 4 Week 8

At today's school assembly Makahni received a certificate.

Ka pai, Makahni, we are proud of you.

Chris also received a certificate - his second Gold Mathletics certificate for 2013. Congratulations, Chris, this is an amazing achievement and shows your dedication and commitment to working on Mathletics regularly.

*This week we hope to get back into our normal routines. Spelling and Basic Facts will come home tomorrow. The children are keen to perform plays again so they will have these to work on as well. A browsing box book should come home every night for home reading. If your child doesn't bring one home, please let me know. 

*There are still a few costumes to be returned. Please get your washed and ironed costumes back as soon as possible.

*The school library is closed for issuing of new books. Please return any books you may have at home so that our librarian can do a stock take.

*Next week (on Friday 13 December) we will be completing a big spelling test. Everyone will be tested in words from lists 4 - 7. If you cannot find your copy of these words, please ask for a new one.

*Thank you for your continued support of our classroom programme.

Term 4 Week 4 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Erin.

Ka pai, Erin, it's great to have you in our room.

Yesterday the Kakapo Reading Group received certificates recognising the fantastic work they did in working together to design and create a bridge. Ka pai Lachlan, George, Daniel and Chris.

Asher has been inspired by Eric Carle's books. He has created his own Little Cloud book. Tino pai, Asher.

Today was animal theme mufti. Check out our zoo:

Makahni, Xavier, Rheubyn and George

Lachlan, Jack, Elspeth and Poppy

Rata, Amelia K and Erin

Harry, Rebecca, Thea and Conor 

Chris, Ruaridh, Daniel and Asher

Amelia M, Won Jeong, Sienna, Harriet, Eve and Libby

Bridge Making

Over the last couple of weeks the Kakapo Reading Group, Chris, Daniel, George and Lachlan, have been making a bridge. They read the book 'The Impossible Bridge' then they discussed different types of bridges. They looked at the bridges that were in the book then they decided to build a suspension bridge. This morning they presented their work to the class and to the Deputy Principal.
Ka pai, boys, you worked really well together, make an amazing bridge and did a fantastic job of presenting your learning to us.

Lachlan, George and Chris constructing their bridge

George, Chris and Daniel presenting their learning

Term 4 Week 1 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Chris.

Ka pai, Chris, it's great to have you in our room.

We have had a busy start to Term 4.

We welcomed Harriet from Timaru. It's been great to have you in our class, Harriet.

Our topic this term is Eric Carle. He is a well known author and illustrator. Today we created our first piece of art using collage. Come in to see our vases. 

 

The Year 3 children have been given their scripts for the production. Please help them to learn their lines and also learn where their lines fit in. We will practice at school as well.

In Mathematics we are learning about fractions. We have learnt that each piece has to be the same size or each group must have the same number of items in it. We know what denominator and numerator mean and also how to write fractions. We will do some more on this next week.

Have a relaxing weekend.

Term 3 Week 9 'Star of the Week' and Other News

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Ruaridh.

Ka pai, Ruaridh, it's great to have you in our room.

Erin had a great day - this morning she won the Junior Knowledge-a-thon prize - a new bike. This afternoon she was awarded a certificate for 100% attendance for Term 3. What a great way for you to end the term, Erin.

 

This morning we had Discovery Time with Room 6. Here's some of the things we did to show that we can work with others:

Chris, Jonathan and Ruaridh

Conor and Jack

Libby and Won Jeong

Thank you for your support over the past term. Have a safe, happy and relaxing holiday. Term 4 starts on Monday 14 October at 8:45am. Children are to wear their summer uniform and must have a wide brimmed hat for outside activities.

Ferrymead Trip

On Tuesday Room 13, Room 12 and Room 4 went to Ferrymead. While there we experienced what life was like 100 years ago. We had to dress up in costumes and wear them all day. The girls' dresses made walking and playing tricky as they were long. We had a great day. A special THANKS to the mums who helped us.
Here's some photos:

Harry, Daniel, Jack

Elspeth, Eve and Poppy

Chris wrapping soap

Amelia K counting blackballs

George spinning a wheel

Asher making a bed

Lachlan doing the dishes

Harry ironing

Xavier and Conor doing the dishes

Poppy and Rata on the tram

Jonathan on a hobby horse

Our teacher - she is not allowed to smile!

Term 2 Week 10

This morning Room 13 did an AMAZING job of leading the liturgy at the school assembly. I am very proud of them.

Eve received the Special Character Award.

Eve, you are a kind, caring and considerate class member.

You consistently show the virtues of our school and are a great role model to all.

Your positive attitude to all aspects of school life shows that you are 

‘Stepping Up for Success’.

We are blest to have you in Room 13 and Christ the King School.

Jack and Chris received their Gold Mathletics Certificates.

Ka pai, boys, this is an amazing achievement.

Rheubyn was presented with his Student Council badge.

Three people were named 'Player of the day' for their teams. Well done to: Ruaridh, Harry and Poppy.

Thank you to those who came for their Student Lead Conference. It was great to share your child's successes with you.

Remember the 12:30pm finish on Tuesday 9 July.

Room 13 News

Today Sienna brought in the gold medal and certificate she won at a recent ballet competition. Congratulations Sienna.

Today we learnt about what transparent, translucent and opaque mean. Transparent means that light can shine straight through, translucent means that light can shine through, and opaque means that light cannot shine through.
We looked at different materials and predicted whether they were transparent, translucent or opaque. We then tested each one by holding it up to the light to check our prediction. Most of our predictions were correct but there were some items that tricked us.
We now have another question: Do some colours let more light through than other colours?

Chris, George, Makahni

Harry, Conor, Xavier, Amelia M and Eve

Term 2 Week 7 'Star of the Week'

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Amelia M.

Ka pai, Amelia, it's great to have you in Room 13.

This morning two reading groups presented plays:

The Kakapo Group presented 'The Best Chef'

Isobel, Ruaridh, Sienna, Lachlan, Poppy, Amelia M, Amelia K, Liam

And the Fantail Group presented 'Androcles and the Lion'

Rebecca, Libby, Eve, Erin, Chris

Reminder: Junior School Mass this Sunday 23 June at 9am. Meet in the Parish Centre at 8:45am.

Term 2 Week 5

Today Chris turned 7. We sang 'Happy Birthday' and wished Chris all the best for the coming year.






The top three Mathletes for last week are Chris, Jack and Jonathan. Jonathan was also at number 80 on the NZ Top Students list. Ka pai boys.





We also shared our sporting successes. Congratulations to these 'Players of the Day' Liam (soccer), Conor (rugby) and George (rugby).




Important note: Please return your Reading Eggs note tomorrow- Wednesday 5 June.